Technology News
Blended learning set to grow in 2013
Blended learning, or a model of education characterised by a combination of self-paced learning with shorter face-to-face instruction, is set to grow significantly in 2013 and influence the development of the country’s education sector. Experts in the field of online/...
Mimecast leads cloud services
Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based e-mail archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange, Hosted Exchange and Office 365, has announced that it has achieved significant market growth within the domestic software as a service (SaaS) environment. ...
Siemon strengthens support for Africa
Global IT infrastructure specialist Siemon has announced two expert appointments to its African team; Iyer Sivakumar and René Proost. Together they will lead the sales support for the region, with Proost taking responsibility for South Africa and Namibia and Sivakumar...
Torque IT wins Red Hat awards
Leaders in IT education, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the JSE-listed Kelly Group, Torque IT has won two awards at the Red Hat Training Partner Conference, hosted in Istanbul in November, 2012. Red Hat business unit manager for Torque IT, Mpho Makgoka, was present...
Service offerings must be mobile
Wireless connectivity has become essential to the way users conduct business - and live - today. There are about six billion cellular phones for the estimated global population of seven billion, showing how deep the allure - and need - for mobile communications has...
Lithium-ion battery lessons from Boeing
In November 2006, it took hours for fifty fire fighters to quench the blaze at it raged through the Securaplane Technologies building in Tucson, Arizona. The reason? A laboratory test on a lithium-ion battery had got out of control, writes Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman,...
Choosing the right ERP system
Choosing an ERP system is one of the most strategic decisions for mid-market companies and their CEOs face a significant dilemma. Should they choose a system for today, or for how the company may look in five to 10 years? Should users go for a full system or start...
Collaboration in the IT channel
In this lingering tough economic climate, it is increasingly important for businesses to maintain a competitive edge and to have a leg up on the competition. To many companies, this means jealously guarding their ideas. Yet in the IT channel, quite the contrary...
Festive tablet sales surge
A post-festive season sales report by online retailer kalahari.com reveals that tablets were the second most purchased electronic devices on the site. While the e-tailer’s pre-festive season shopping survey predicted the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy tablets as the...
Goodbye Softline, hello Sage…
South African group Softline – makers of the popular Pastel accounting and HR software products – will officially become Sage from 4 February. The Softline group, which was formed by entrepreneurs Steven Cohen, Ivan Epstien and Alan Osrin, was bought out by UK-based...
Africa shifts to mobile
Customers have shifted their behaviour online, creating incentives for operators, legislators and the information communications technology (ICT) community as a whole to adapt their business and processes to keep pace. This was the key message from Ahmad Abdulkarim...
Columbus appoints new sales director
Sidwell Ngqandu, former GM and acting CIO of the South African State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has been appointed sales director at Columbus Technologies, a subsidiary of the Swiss-based Brainware group. He replaces Theo Fourie who is moving into an...
FrontRange announces HEAT 9.6
FrontRange is pleased to announce the general availability of HEAT 9.6. The release delivers major enhancements, including Web-based Managers Monitor and Mobile Field Support. The product has been available to all customers and partners as of Monday, 21 January. HEAT...
Blended learning set to grow in 2013
Blended learning, or a model of education characterised by a combination of self-paced learning with shorter face-to-face instruction, is set to grow significantly in 2013 and influence the development of the country’s education sector. Experts in the field of online/...
Mimecast leads cloud services
Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based e-mail archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange, Hosted Exchange and Office 365, has announced that it has achieved significant market growth within the domestic software as a service (SaaS) environment. ...
Siemon strengthens support for Africa
Global IT infrastructure specialist Siemon has announced two expert appointments to its African team; Iyer Sivakumar and René Proost. Together they will lead the sales support for the region, with Proost taking responsibility for South Africa and Namibia and Sivakumar...
Torque IT wins Red Hat awards
Leaders in IT education, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the JSE-listed Kelly Group, Torque IT has won two awards at the Red Hat Training Partner Conference, hosted in Istanbul in November, 2012. Red Hat business unit manager for Torque IT, Mpho Makgoka, was present...
Service offerings must be mobile
Wireless connectivity has become essential to the way users conduct business - and live - today. There are about six billion cellular phones for the estimated global population of seven billion, showing how deep the allure - and need - for mobile communications has...
Lithium-ion battery lessons from Boeing
In November 2006, it took hours for fifty fire fighters to quench the blaze at it raged through the Securaplane Technologies building in Tucson, Arizona. The reason? A laboratory test on a lithium-ion battery had got out of control, writes Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman,...
Choosing the right ERP system
Choosing an ERP system is one of the most strategic decisions for mid-market companies and their CEOs face a significant dilemma. Should they choose a system for today, or for how the company may look in five to 10 years? Should users go for a full system or start...